Chapter 3 Vocab

_____ a compound microscope that allows the side-by-side comparison of samples, such as hair or fibers

_____ the region of a hair located outside the medulla that contains granules of pigment

_____ the tough outer covering of a hair that is composed of overlapping scales

_____ a method of separating chemicals to establish their quantities

_____ the actively growing base of a hair that contains DNA and living cells

_____ part of the hair above the follicle; contains mitochondrial DNA

_____ a type of fibrous protein that makes up the majority of the cortex of a hair

_____ the central core of a hair

_____bits of pigment found in the cortex of a hair

_____ genetic material in the mitochondria of the cytoplasm of a cell; only inherited from the mothe